Poverty & Inequality in Latvia 157 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Latvia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 14.4% 12th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 56.7% 34th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.34 live births per woman 2023 down 12.4% 206th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,558 kg per hectare 2023 up 5.4% 81st Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 28.1% 59th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -15.01 % change on previous year 2023 down 43.7% 165th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 31.88 2023 up 8.3% 35th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 31.9% 2023 up 8.3% 35th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 26.2% 71st Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.64 % change on previous year 2023 up 232.9% 69th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.117 2023 down 44.3% 131st Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 31.3% 2023 up 24.8% 15th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0904 2023 down 6.0% 147th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0904 2023 down 6.0% 147th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1213 2023 down 7.5% 124th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 down 73.3% 84th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 down 62.5% 70th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2023 down 74.1% 90th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.8% 2023 down 72.0% 93rd Prosperity gap 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 43.5% 89th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1903 2023 down 6.0% 123rd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 down 66.7% 81st Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 14.0% 2023 down 17.6% 93rd Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2023 down 71.4% 94th Population living in slums 0.6% 2022 down 54.4% 133rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.812 2023 up 5.9% 38th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.812 2023 up 5.9% 38th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.812 2023 up 5.9% 38th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.4% 2023 down 73.3% 88th Three metrics of inequality 49.27 2022 down 1.7% 81st Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4927 2022 down 1.7% 81st Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 576.84 2023 up 85.8% 35th Income share held by second 20% 12.4% 2023 up 1.6% 49th Income share held by third 20% 16.5% 2023 up 1.9% 54th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.4% 2023 down 0.9% 47th Income share held by highest 20% 41.5% 2023 down 2.6% 66th Income share held by highest 10% 26.2% 2023 down 2.2% 65th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.6% 2023 up 13.0% 75th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.2% 2023 up 10.8% 63rd Gini index 34 2023 down 4.2% 61st Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 12.3% 2023 down 10.9% 53rd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 6.33 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 62.4% 93rd Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.3% 2023 down 59.8% 71st At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 22.0% 2025 down 2.2% 4th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4247 2022 down 2.2% 79th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 28.2% 2025 up 3.3% 6th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4247 2022 down 2.2% 79th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 11.3% 2025 down 60.6% 16th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 23,133 2017 up 35.5% 46th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 24.7% 2025 down 17.7% 11th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 4.8% 2025 down 68.8% 20th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 35.7% 2022 down 5.9% 85th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 9.6% 2022 down 16.0% 98th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 7.3% 2020 down 73.6% 12th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 26.0% 2020 down 31.9% 9th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 31.0% 2023 up 3.6% 42nd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.4% 2023 down 71.1% 80th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3397 2023 down 4.3% 58th Page 1 of 3 Next →